I agree if it was all SR that would be one thing. no way the store owner is into that for $750 unless he is dummer than the guy who traded it.
also this FD setup looks real bogus. like a hole was drilled into the frame and brazeon FD was bent and made to fit.

Know not much about Battaglin but it's a nice eclectic mix of components. The Simplex FD uses a less common braze-on. Keep this in mind if you want to go full Campy down the road. The brake calipers look like rebranded Modolo Pro, which was, IMO, some of the finest of the era.

If it really speaks to you slap $600 on the counter and see what happens...That seems reasonable if the experts around here can tell you it's a higher end Battaglin frame.

BG, the Peugeot PSV10 uses a similar setup. I think the FD is factory.

still looks kind of cheesy to me.

on the whole I think it is a great looking bike. I have been interested in Battaglins ever since I hacksawed a escargo style shifter boss off a customer's TT frame. perhaps I am destin to rescue on some day.

If you have Italian bike lust, you have better options at that price, as others have said. If this is the only bike you desire, then it's probably be worth it. But if the love ever fades, don't expect to get 100% of your investment back.

That said, looks like a very clean bike, and I like the Gipiemme branded components. Too bad it's got a Super Record RD...so boring.

In a large market like seattle there has got to be a better bike for the same money. or on the net.

You'd think. I went and talked to the guy today. He seemed pretty rigid on the price, although I didn't push it. I did ask him if they would throw in a free fitting if I paid the asking price. They said they would.

on the whole I think it is a great looking bike. I have been interested in Battaglins ever since I hacksawed a escargo style shifter boss off a customer's TT frame. perhaps I am destin to rescue on some day.

Hmmpphh...That's the 80's French style brazed on FD system. It wasn't that "cheesy" as one might think as the Gitane factory team used it for their TDF bikes at one time when they were rinning Mavic SSC drivetrains that had FDs that worked with this braze on. I think I even remember seeing TDF pictures of Greg Lemond (or was it Fignon?) with the setup. I think this system is actually stronger than the Italian style slotted brazed on steel tabs of the same vintage, but maybe not as flexible to accept different dirvetrain brands as most of the industry did not follow the French standards at that point. But I think it did provide a cleaner mounting solution than the Italian style braze on tab. The French system just died out with french component industry in the late 80's. I think it was just a case of VHS vs. Betamax. Other component manufacturers followed the lead of Campy to do the italian style brazed-on FD as there was no point competing with the French system as they were pretty much gone at that time.